SOA Links

Products Lines and Product Families Links

Software Architecture Links

Open Group news – today they announced the availability of the latest version of its industry standard enterprise architecture framework, TOGAF, version 9 [2/2/09]

Resources for Enterprise Architects

• The Association for Open Group Enterprise Architects AOGEA (and GEAO) http://www.aogea.org 
• Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession http://www.caeap.org
• Cutter Consortium's Enterprise Architecture Executive Report series. Ruth Malan and Dana Bredemeyer wrote the following reports in this executive report series:
  -- Innovation and agile architecture in "Getting Past "But...": Finding Opportunity and Making It Happen." August 2008. You can download a complimentary copy from http://www.cutter.com/offers/findopportunity.html. See synopsis.
  -- "How to be a Great Enterprise Architect." August 2004. You can download this issue free at http://www.cutter.com/offers/greatarchitect.html. 
  -- "Enterprise Architecture as Strategic Differentiator." June 2005. You can download a complimentary copy from http://www.cutter.com/offers/strategic.html
• DCI Enterprise Architecture Network http://www.dci.com/si/architects/
• Enterprise-Wide Information Technology Architecture (EWITA) http://www.ewita.com/
• The Enterprise Architecture Community http://www.eacommunity.com/
• The International Enterprise Architecture Center Knowledge Library http://www.ieac.org/Knowledge_Library/index.htm
• Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) EA Zone http://www.feacinstitute.org/ea-zone/
• Resources for Software Architects web site http://www.bredemeyer.com
• The ArchiMate site http://www.architemate.org
• The SEI's Product Line Practice Site http://www.sei.cmu.edu/plp/framework.html
• Unified Modeling Language (UML) Documentation http://www.rational.com/uml/index.jtmpl
• The Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement (ZIFA) site http://www.zifa.com/

Enterprise Architect Certification

• The Open Group's IT Architect certification http://www.opengroup.org/itac/. Bredemeyer Consulting's Visual Architecting Process (VAP) is one of the architecture methods recognized by The Open Group; see http://www.opengroup.org/itac/cert/methods.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl 
• Certification on the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF)  http://www.feacinstitute.org/ea-certification/ea-government.php and DODAF http://www.feacinstitute.org/ea-certification/ea-dod.php 
• Certification on The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)  http://www.opengroup.org/certification/togaf7/
• Microsoft Solution Architect Certification and Microsoft Infrastructure Architect Certification http://www.microsoft.com/architecture/default.aspx?pid=share.certification
• Sun Certified Enterprise Architect http://www.sun.com/training/certification/java/java_archj2ee.html. See also SCEA Info at http://suncert.info/   
• Ed Tittel's "IT Architects: Blueprint for a Future Career," Certification Magazine, October 2005.  

Enterprise Architect Skills

• Bredemeyer's Architect Competency Framework, http://www.bredemeyer.com/Architect/ArchitectSkillsLinks.htm
• TOGAF Architect Skills Framework, http://www.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf8-doc/arch/p4/skills/skills.htm
• Bredemeyer, Dana and Ruth Malan, "What it Takes to be a Great Enterprise Architect," Enterprise Architecture Executive Report, Cutter Consortium, August 2004. Cutter is running a promotion, and you can download this issue free at http://www.cutter.com/offers/greatarchitect.html
• Scott Bittler, Characteristics of an effective enterprise architect, itWorldCanada, May 18, 2005.
• Brenda Michelson's blog post titled IT Linchpin 2006: The (Business-Driven) Enterprise Architect, January 8, 2006.

Classes and Seminars for Enterprise Architects

• Architecture Training from Bredemeyer Consulting http://www.bredemeyer.com/training.htm
• 4-day Enterprise Architecture Workshop from Bredemeyer Consulting  http://www.bredemeyer.com/EnterpriseArchitecture/Enterprise_Architecture_Workshop.htm
• 1-day Enterprise Architecture Seminar from Bredemeyer Consulting http://www.bredemeyer.com/EnterpriseArchitecture/Enterprise_Architecture_Seminar.htm

Enterprise Architecture Conferences

• Integrated EA Conference, London, UK, 24-25 Feb 2009

• Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit, Orlando, FL, 7 - 9 October 2009
   
• Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2008,  9-11 June 2008, UK

Enterprise Architecture Frameworks

• Bredemeyer Consulting's Business Capabilities Architecture Framework, Introductory slides http://www.bredemeyer.com/pdf_files/Presentations/EnterpriseArchitectureAsCapabilitiesArchSlides.PDF
• Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF): Overview by Systems and Software Consortium, http://www.software.org/pub/architecture/feaf.asp
• Federal Segment Architecture Methodology (FSAM) http://www.fsam.gov/
• The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF): Overview by Systems and Software Consortium, http://www.software.org/pub/architecture/togaf.asp
• The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF): http://www.opengroup.org/architecture/
• U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Enterprise Architecture Framework at:  http://enterprisearchitecture.nih.gov/About/Approach/Framework.htm
• Zachman Framework: Overview by Systems and Software Consortium,  http://www.software.org/pub/architecture/zachman.asp

Software Architecture Frameworks

• Bredemeyer Consulting's Architecture Decision Model and Visual Architecting Process.
• "Architectural Blueprints: The 4+1" View Model of Software Architecture", IEEE Software 12, November 1995, http://www.win.tue.nl/~mchaudro/sa2004/Kruchten4+1.pdf

Relevant Journal and Magazine Issues on Enterprise Architecture

• IBM Systems Journal special issue on Enterprise Solutions Structure (with architecture as a focus) http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj38-1.html
• GEAO Journal (the 2nd issue is due out in May 2006), www.geao.org
• CIO's Architecture topic area http://www.cio.com/topic/1496/Architecture and Enterprise Architect article

Blogs on Enterprise Architecture

• EA Glossary blog on egov.blogs http://egov.blogs.com/eaglossary/
• Enterprise Architecture blog on egov.blogs http://egov.blogs.com/govbloggers/enterprise_architecture/index.html
• GotzeBlogged: Blogging eGovernment from EA to eDemocracy http://gotzespace.dk/
• James Hooper's Enterprise Architecture Journal blog, http://eajournal.blogspot.com/2006/09/welcome-workshop-participants.html
• Alan Inglis' Enterprise Architecture blog on Chief Architect http://chiefarchitect.squarespace.com/ea/
• Ruth Malan's TraceInTheSand Architects/Architecting/Architecture journal notes www.ruthmalan.com/Journal/JournalCurrent.htm 
• Nick Malik's Inside Architecture blog, and Dont walk in with a problem until you have a solution post, July 1, 2006.
• Brad Meyer's Pragmatic Enterprise Architecture blog http://www.enterprisearchitectureblog.com/

• Jim Parnitzke's Applied Enterprise Architecture bog http://pragmaticarchitect.wordpress.com

Enterprise Architecture Sites

Federal Enterprise Architecture Sites

• Federal Enterprise Architecture site http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/a-1-fea.html
• ArchitecturePlus site http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mke/archplus/others.htm
• Department of Commerce IT Enterprise Architecture Home Page http://www.hpcc.noaa.gov/docita/
• Department of Defense Joint Technical Architecture (DoD JTA) http://www-jta.itsi.disa.mil/
• Center for Disease Control IT Architecture (CDC ITA) http://www.cdc.gov/irmo/ea/default.htm
• Department of Veteran's Affairs IT Architecture Program site http://www.va.gov/oirm/architecture/default.asp
• Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office, http://www.feapmo.gov/
• HUD's Enterprise Architecture, http://www.hud.gov/offices/cio/ea/eamodel.cfm
• NASCIO's Adaptive Enterprise Architecture Development Program Resources https://www.nascio.org/hotIssues/EA/index.cfm#tool-kit
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Enterprise Architecture website http://enterprisearchitecture.nih.gov

UK Government Enterprise Architecture Sites

• Office of Government Commerce Successful Delivery Toolkit  http://www.ogc.gov.uk/sdtoolkit/deliveryteam/briefings/businesschange/enterprise_arch.html

Agency Enterprise Architecture Sites

• Chicago Operations Office Information Architecture, http://www.ch.doe.gov/programs/iap/chiap.html

State Enterprise Architecture Sites

• State of California Enterprise Architecture http://www.cio.ca.gov/ITCouncil/Committees/ArchStandards.html
• Commonwealth of Virginia http://www.cots.state.va.us/ea/index.htm
• Department of Information Technology, Connecticut, http://www.doit.state.ct.us/policy/domain/index.htm
• Kansas Statewide Technical Architecture site: http://da.state.ks.us/itec/KSTAMain.htm
• Kentucky’s EA site: http://www.state.ky.us/kirm/arcstand.htm
• North Carolina’s Technical Architecture http://irm.state.nc.us/techarch/archfrm.htm 
• Ohio’s EA web site: http://www.state.oh.us/das/dcs/opp/EAreports.htm

Enterprise Architecture Case Studies and Reports

• The Air Force C4 Architecture Planning Process, by Michael D. Riha, http://www.dodccrp.org/Proceedings/DOCS/wcd00000/wcd000ab.htm
• Department of Energy Corporate Systems Information Architecture, Final Report (May 2000) http://cio.doe.gov/Publications/csia/CSIA_Final.PDF
• Enterprise Architecture (version 1.0) from Stanford University, http://www.stanford.edu/group/APS/arch/
• The Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework http://www.hpcc.noaa.gov/docita/files/federal_enterprise_arch_framework.pdf
• A Practical Guide to the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework http://www.hpcc.noaa.gov/docita/files/a_practical_guide_to_federal_enterprise_architecture.pdf
• Gartner Report, The New Enterprise Architecture, http://www4.gartner.com/pages/story.php.id.2226.s.8.jsp
• State of North Dakota Criminal Justice Information Sharing Technology Architecture Report, (May 2002), http://www.ndcriminaljustice.com/pdf/tech-architecture.pdf
• United States General Accounting Office Report to Congress, "Enterprise Architecture Use Across Federal Government Can be Improved," from 2002 so no doubt out-of-date but does include the survey used to assess EA "maturity,"  http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d026.pdf
• Architecture Maturity Model from the Department of Commerce, https://secure.cio.noaa.gov/hpcc/docita/files/acmm_ver_4.pdf

Other Enterprise Architecture Resources

• Association of Enterprise Architects http://www.aeajournal.org/
• Bredemeyer Consulting, Enterprise Architecture Services http://www.bredemeyer.com/EnterpriseArchitecture/architecture_program_management_services.htm
• Cutter Consortium, Enterprise Architecture Practice, http://www.cutter.com/architecture/practice.html
• Enterprise-Wide IT Architecture (EWITA) http://www.ewita.com
• GEAO Newsletters http://www.geao.org/resources/publications.jsp
  - Issue 3 February 2005
  - Issue 4 April 2005
• Intervista Institute, Building the Knowledge Enterprise http://www.intervista-institute.com/index.html
• META Group, Enterprise Architecture Planning and Strategies, http://www.metagroup.com/products/insights/eas_1_sco.htm
• MITRE's Enterprise Architecture Body of Knowledge (EABOK), http://www.mitre.org/tech/eabok/knowledge_areas.html
• NASCIO's Enterprise Architecture site, http://www.nascio.org/nascioCommittees/ea/
  - The States and Enterprise Architecture: How Far Have We Come? Findings from the NASCIO 2005 EA Assessment (October 2005) http://www.nascio.org/nascioCommittees/ea/eaAssessment.pdf
  - NASCIO Enterprise Architecture Business Case Studies, http://www.nascio.org/smart
• PatternShare Community EA Pattern Organization and Links http://patternshare.org/default.aspx/Home.EnterpriseArchitecturalSpaceOrganizingTable
• The Enterprise Newsletter (TEN) http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ieinfo/articles.htm#TEN

Papers on Enterprise Architecture

• Boster, Mark, Simon Liu, and Rob Thomas, "Getting the Most from your Enterprise Architecture", IT Pro, July/August 2000, http://computer.org/itpro/it2000/f4toc.htm

• Bredemeyer, Dana and Ruth Malan, "What it Takes to be a Great Enterprise Architect,"  Enterprise Architecture Executive Report, Cutter Consortium, August 2004.  Cutter is running a promotion, and you can download this issue free at http://www.cutter.com/offers/greatarchitect.html. 

• Burt, Carol, "Enterprise Architecture Whitepaper: Managed Migration to a Distributed Environment", http://www.2ab.com/ea_wp.html

• Cecere, Mark, "Architecting Architecture", http://98.idg.net/crd_andreessen_16510.html

• Finkelstein, Clive, "Enterprise  Architecture For Senior Managers", http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ieinfo/ten13.htm

• Grossman, Ira and James Sargent, "An IT Enterprise Architecture Process Model",   http://www.hpcc.noaa.gov/docita/files/ita_process_paper.htm

• Harvey, David, "The Role of Patterns in Enterprise Architecture", http://www.ftech.co.uk/~honeyg/articles/pda.htm?clkd=iwm

• Kaisler, Stephen, Frank Armour, Michael Valivullah, "Enterprise Architecting: Critical Problems," Proceedings of the 38th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, 2005, http://csdl2.computer.org/comp/proceedings/hicss/2005/2268/08/22680224b.pdf

• Koch, Christopher, "A New Blueprint For The Enterprise," CIO Magazine, May 1, 2005.

• Leganza, Gene, "Enterprise Architecture: Making It Real, Keeping IT Relevant", http://www.gii.co.jp/english/gg5905_enterprise_architecture.html 

• Malan, Ruth and Dana Bredemeyer, "Enterprise Architecture as Strategic Differentiator," Enterprise Architecture Executive Report, Cutter Consortium, June 2005. You can download a complimentary copy from http://www.cutter.com/offers/strategic.html

• Malhotra, Yogesh, "Enterprise Architecture: An Overview", http://www.brint.com/papers/enterarch.htm

• Pastore, Richard, "GM's Cure for Complexity: Interview with Tony Scott, CTO of GM's Information Systems and Services Group, CIO, August 15, 2004,  http://www.cio.com/archive/081504/scott.html
• Perkins, Alan, "Enterprise Architecture Engineering Critical Success Factors", http://www.visible.com/AboutUs/whitepapers.html#EAECSF
• Zachman, John, "Concepts of the Framework for Enterprise Architecture", http://members.ozemail.com.au/~visible/papers/zachman3.htm
• Zachman, John, "Enterprise Architecture: The Past and the Future", http://www.dmreview.com/editorial/dmreview/print_action.cfm?EdID=1702

Business Modeling

• Business Process Modeling Notation: http://www.bpmn.org/ 
• Business Objects & Business Engineering Paper Links: http://www.openeng.com/WhitePapers.htm
• Business Process Management Initiative: http://www.bpmi.org/
• Business Motivation Model: http://www.omg.org/technology/documents/bms_spec_catalog.htm
• The Business Rules group: http://www.businessrulesgroup.org/brghome.htm
• The Business Rules Community: http://www.brcommunity.com/
• The Business Rules Forum: http://www.businessrulesforum.com/
• The Business Rule Solutions: http://www.brsolutions.com/index.shtml
• Business Rules Mark-up Language (BRML): http://xml.coverpages.org/brml.html

Strategy and Competitive Intelligence

• Freakonomics blog: http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/

• Tom Hawes blog: http://tomhawes.wordpress.com/